MIT scientists have unveiled new research where it has developed a computational model aimed at capturing and mimicking the human aspects of facial recognition through artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning systems. The scientists designed a machine-learning system that implemented their model, and they trained it to recognize particular faces by feeding it a battery of sample images. They found …

An amber alert has been cancelled after Manitoba RCMP say the missing eight-year-old girl, Luisa Alvarenga, was found safe in Winnipeg. An AMBER Alert was issued for 8-year-old late Friday afternoon. RCMP confirmed that the girl was found safe just after 6 p.m. CT during a media briefing. “Very happy she is safe and obviously will be returned to loved …

The husband of kidnapping victim Sherri Papini described the remarkable moment he got to tell their son that his mother was safe and coming home in an interview with 20/20. Keith Papini initially said he was not telling his children their mother was missing, but in the story released this afternoon, he says he eventually told the couple’s oldest child, …

New evidence gathered from a recent study overturns a theory that in order for a short-term memory to be maintained, the neurons that represent that memory must be continuously active. Researchers led by psychiatrist Nathan Rose from the University of Wisconsin in the US unearthed fresh evidence about how information is stored in the brain’s “working memory” – the part …

The germs living inside a person’s digestive system may affect symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, researchers reported Thursday. In a new study out this week in the journal Cell, scientists at Caltech found that changes in the type and number of microbes in a person’s gut may help determine whether they will go on to develop Parkinson’s. This new understanding of …

Rescue workers pulled a woman, injured but alive, from the rubble of a building that had collapsed nearly three hours earlier in a South Dakota city. Hours after a historic building undergoing renovation collapsed in downtown Sioux Falls, S.D., on Friday, rescuers pulled a resident to safety but were unable to save the life of a construction worker buried in …

The all-new CLS has been caught on camera once again hiding its sleek body. Our sources suggest it will retain the name. Although dressed in heavy camouflage, the sleek profile of the CLE – which is essentially the next-gen CLS with a new name – is clear to see, with body dimensions that look near identical to those of the …

Researchers have made observations of the smallest asteroid ever described in detail, according to a new report in The Astronomical Journal. At 6 feet across, the small space stone named 2015 TC25 was also found to be one of the brightest near-Earth asteroids ever discovered. Using information from four different telescopes, a team of scientists reported 2015 TC25 reflects around …

Lois Olsen of Irma, Alta. has her sights on a new ride after winning a $50-million Lotto Max jackpot earlier this month. “It won’t do a bit different for Christmas; they’re always good,” Lois Olsen said. “Money doesn’t mean a whole bunch to me. I had hard times and I know . . . I still live that way — …

In a recent interview with the local media, China’s first-ever astronaut Yang Liwei has revealed he heard a peculiar knock on his ship during his first trip into space. This incident occurred in 2003 and he recently revealed that the knock felt like “someone knocking the body of the spaceship just as knocking an iron bucket with a wooden hammer,” …

Buzz Aldrin, who walked on the surface of the moon with Neil Armstrong in 1969, has been medically evacuated from the South Pole, the National Science Foundation said. “The evacuation flight for Buzz Aldrin has successfully landed at Christchurch, New Zealand and he has been transferred to hospital for examination,” a statement on BuzzAldrin.com reads. “He is currently has [sic] …